it's the right-wing political network backed by the billionaire koch brothers, charles and david koch. today we speak with "new yorker" staff writer, jane mayer. her explosive new book, "dark money: the hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right." among her revelations, the kochs' father, fred koch, built oil refinery personally approved by adolf hitler. althat andore comi up. welce to demracy now decracynowrg, the r and peace port. i'm amy goman. inakistan,unmen have stormed the university and the northwest, killing at least 30 people and injuring dozens. the attackers stormed the university earlier today under the cover of morning fog. the taliban commander initially claimed responsibility, but another spokesperson issued conflicting statement condemning the attack. initial accounts but the death toll at 30, but there are reports it could be much higher. ishigan governor rick snyder apologizing for the crisis of lead poisoning in flint's drinking water during his state of the union address last night. the poisoning began in 2014 when an unelected emergen

and other top scientific institutions to divest from the fossil fuel industry and cut ties with david kochwhose company, koch industries, has poured millions into climate denial. earlier this week, we spoke with award-winning new yorker writer jane mayer about the koch brothers' interest in funding climate denial. >> their fortune is build on fossil fuels. they have tremendous numbers of pipelines. they own a huge amount of the tar sands up in canada. if america moved off fossil fuels, it would be catastrophic for their business. it is a direct interest they have in this. one of the things i do is try to follow the money in the denial of climate change. awful lot of it goes back to the kochs and their circle. says -- davide koch says the letter did not influence his decision to leave the board of the american museum of natural history. he still sits on the advisory board of the smithsonian national museum of natural history. and those are some of the headlines this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nermeen: welcome to our listeners around the wo

that ranks him number six on bloomberg's list he passed charles and david koch. they run the conglomerate coke koch industries. the coke koch brothers are each worth nearly 46-billion dollars. ### apple is recalling millions of power adapters, because they could cause an electric shock. the two prong-- wall plug adapters, affected were designed for use in continental europe, australia, new zealand, korea, argentina and brazil. the plugs in question-- were shipped between 2003 and 2015 with macs, and other apple devices, and were also included in the apple world travel adapter kit. in a statement, apple said in very rare cases, the adapters may break-- and create a risk of electrical shock if touched. apple said it'll exchange the faulty plugs for free at any apple store, or authorized apple service provider. it'll also refund customers who bought new plugs, over the issue. ### sneaker fans have lined up for days, to be one of the first people to buy the new "air jordans." people in chicago started lining up of course, camping chairs and tents aren't enough to keep

he's now number six ahead of oil moguls charles and david koch. >>> and barbie, mattel selling them in three new body tights, tall, curvy and petite and several new skin tones and hairstyle, the latest trend as mattel trying to appeal to girls. >>> and could the raiders be headed to sin city jnd a the watch this, next.111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 >>> this morning on "today," did you ever try for hours waiting online to buy concert tickets to see them sold out? jeff rossen explains where the it's all a fixed game. >>> and now over to the sports headlines. good morning. >> suspended for cross-checking don henderson wednesday night. the nhl will hold a hearing tuesday to discuss the matter and wideman is expected to be there. he apologized minutes after the incident. we'll keep you posted. >>> are the oakland raiders head

he's now number six ahead of oil moguls charles and david koch. >>> and barbie, mattel selling them in three new body tights, tall, curvy and petite and several new skin tones and hairstyle, the latest trend as mattel trying to appeal to girls. >>> and could the raiders be headed to sin city jnd a the watch this, next. >>> this morning on "today," did you ever try for hours waiting online to buy concert tickets to see them sold out? jeff rossen explains where the it's all a fixed game. headlines. good morning. >> suspended for cross-checking don henderson wednesday night. the nhl will hold a hearing tuesday to discuss the matter and wideman is expected to be there. he apologized minutes after the incident. we'll keep you posted. >>> are the oakland raiders headed to sin city? the billionaire ceo of the las vegas is meeting later today with raiders owner mark davis. the topic, a billion dollar domed staid yul. the stadium. a major problem due to legality of sports gamling there. >>> and the ultimate curtain of distraction. michael phelps lends considerable star power physique along with

two of the wealthiest americans, charles and david koch have a poll of around $80 billion. that kind of money doesn't by influence, it influences makers. university chairs, political ads, and let's be real - it influences some politicians. now we are seeing that when a reporter dares to investigate the money, it can by intimidation. after publishing a 2010 article, showing the role in shaping, bundling the tea party movement. she was warned she was about to be exposed as a playing ourist. if you want to take down a reporters, there's pretty much nothing more lethal. it took more than a day to declare them incorrect. where did the charges come from. >> the charms were traced to two coke operatives. neither would respond for commint. they admit it's unclear if the koch brothers would have known. it's clear reporters shouldn't fear persecution when they shine a light on wealthy doctors. fear of retribution may be "third rail". [ ♪ music ] >>> announcer: this is al jazeera. >>> hello, welcome to the newshour, i'm nick clark in doha. in the next 60 minutes, as leaders meet to en

he leap-frogged charles and david koch who ron the koch worth 46 billion. >> reed: it is a busy time for online dating services. some people meet on facebook and some in other inways. there's been a boost in singles signing up. >> marie: mark barger spoke about an expert about yes would are online looking for love. >> reporter: it is the season to search for love. for many the internet plays match maker. >> the most active time for any online dating site is between the day after christmas and valentine's day. >> reporter: holiday loneliness, family nagging, social media envy and time off from work can contribute to the jump. a recent east coast snowstorm brought a blizzard of activity for dating sites which fall into three types. >> rapid fire. just recently right now with t to know somebody more with match.com and other sites. or go to a dating site where you really are anon-and we give you the dates. the digital world doesn't always hold up in the real world. experts say too mu messaging before a first meeting can be problematic. so can the sheer number of options. >> people on dat

he jumped past charles and david koch, who are each worth nearly $46 billion. bill gates is still number one, with the $78 billion. that right there, heather, is why you need to pay attention in math and science. heather: hard to wrap your mind around that figure. the queen of soul is launching her own food line. aretha franklin says it will include desserts and her own brand of chile, gumbo, and big chicken to her contemporary patti labelle lecture online and walmart could not keep her line on the shelves. aretha says "ms. patti will have to move her ties to the side." anna: what he was hoping to get out of this impersonation. heather: and how people in north carolina 10 help with the water crisis in flint. let's head outside. still bundled up around here. it is blustery. you need a few layers to deal tomorrow and by sunday, a little with the help of comfort keepers, i'm keeping my mom healthy! i'm keeping dad on schedule. i'm keeping my mom happy! comfort keepers in-home professional caregivers can provide meal planning and preparation, health and wellness se

he leapfrogged charles and david koch, who run the conglomerate koch industries and who are known for their active support of conservative causes. zuckerberg still trails microsoft founder and philanthropist bill gates, who is worth 78- billion./// ((denise valdez)) already start to see clouds thickening up -- cool this weekend -- maybe chance of snow flurries toss to weather < tedd florendo looking outside today we called for sun to clouds yesterday. what i meant by that was we start with sun then get clouds later in the day. and that's what we saw. temps milder in the 60's again. with winds light for now. but that's going to change after midnight and into tomorrow as well. ............................... ..... through many of our neighborhoods and milder temps for the east side of the valley. cooler for centennial hills and summerlin and even colder for kyle canyon. ............................... ...... regional temps in the mid 60's for mesquite all the way down to laughlin where they were warmer near 70. mild for death valley today and cool for tonopah and pioche. ...............

maier who says she became the target of smear campaign after publishing an expose on charles and david koch's political organization. critical coverage like mayer's led the kochs to overhaul their press strategy by launching an ad campaign and working on bipartisan issues like criminal justice reform. in the meantime, however, they've continued to grow their campaign war chest amazing a reported $889 million to spend on the 2016 cycle more than double what the republican national committee spent nationwide in 2012. maier's new book which grew out of her work at the new yorker has generated huge amounts of buzz and advance press including a "new york times" article on one of the book's most eye catching claims that the koch's father fred helped construct a nazi oil refinery crucial to the third reich's ward buildup. fred koch writing in a 1938 letter although nobody agrees with me, i'm of the opinion the only sound countries in the world are germany, italy and japan simply because they're all hard working hard and working hard. when you contrast the state of mind of germany today with 1925, yo

he just past the refining tycoons charles and david koch. thank you very much. break down the numbers. we have a couple of new appointments. james murdoch named as the chairman at b-sky-b. martin gilbert, who is ceo of aberdeen asset management -- anna: friend of the show. manus: he is named deputy chairman. he was asked about his future at aberdeen asset management and he said he was staying as long as the shareholders wanted. anna: let's talk about the numbers. revenue at five 72 billion pounds -- 5.70 2 billion pounds -- 5.72 billion pounds. 7 million new customers joined sky to the highest customer growth in 10 years. ..1 million new products strong demand for those tv and broadband. interesting to have a discussion about this. mark is still with us in the studio. how do you look at a business like this? do you look at the growth numbers, the rate at which they are adding or losing customers? is that what you do with this business or do you think about a company that could be under threat from other suppliers and take a longer-term look at this? mark: in the

law firm in the union case are entities used frequently by the billionaire brothers charles and david kochlitico has reported the koch'' political machine now eclipses the official republican party in key areas, with about three and a half times as many employees as the republican national committee. meanwhile a new book on the koch , brothers by new yorker journalist jane mayer reveals the koch brothers' father, fred koch, helped build an oil refinery in nazi germany -- a project approved personally by adolf hitler. in detroit, michigan, most public schools are shuttered today after teachers staged a sickout to protest the state's inaction over black mold, rat infestations, crumbling buildings, and inadequate staffing. teachers say they have up to 45 or 50 students in some classrooms. meanwhile, michigan governor rick snyder faced intense questioning in another michigan city, flint over the poisoning , of the city's water. residents have reported lasting health impacts after an unelected emergency manager appointed by governor snyder switched the city's water source to the long-polluted f

it was a deliberate creation of the billionaire conservative activist brothers charles and david kochrk supposedly created the grassroots veterans group is because the head of that group, hegseth himself, admitted it while speaking at a koch donor conference about a year and a half ago. this is audio of those remarks. it was obtained by an online outfit called the undercurrent, was published by "the nation." although msnbc has not independently verified it. >> concerned veterans for america is an organization this network literally created. now, unless you've been living under a rock for the last couple of months, you know about the crisis at the department of veterans affairs. what you probably don't know is the central role that concerned veterans for america played in exposing and driving this crisis from the very beginning. i thank charles and david, marc short, kevin gentry, everyone that puts in the sweat equity that makes this possible. and i want to thank you for your courage for standing up and being here. >> concerned vets is something that came out of this network, and you

underpinnings of the conservative movement with a focus on the libertarian viewses of charles and david koch locators fierce titles in back stores this week and watch for the authors on booktv. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, welcome to the cato institute. let me also welcome our c-span audience. i'm roger pilan the director or cato center for constitutional studies and your host for today's forum, marking this publication of a new book by professor david bernstein, lawless, the obama administration's unprecedented assault on the constitution and the rule of law. this book and this forum could not be more timely, just yesterday, as we all know, we witnessed the president telling the nation that he was directing officials in his administration to expand the regulation of the second amendment rights of americans in several ways, including apparently by expanding the definition of what it means to be in the business of selling firearms. and he did it as he so often has in the past, not by going to congress but simply by his own authority or alleged authori

charles and david koch are shrewd business people. their wealth is nearly unmatched anyplace in the world. they have amassed a fortune from inherited wealth that they have magazine anyified. it's come from oil. it's come from chemicals. it comes from a lot of different places. they inherited this originally from their dad, a multinational corporation. no one knows really their net worth, but some say $100 billion, $150 billion. no one really knows. they have become two of the wealthiest men in the entire world. they seek more wealth, but that's not all they seek. a new book by jane meyer, a dignified, renowned author, journalist, in her book reports that immediately after the election of president obama, the koch brothers, they wanted to double down on what they had done before, and they have been working on this for a while. but they didn't like this man, barack obama, to be president of the united states, so they gathered likeminded billionaireh money it would take to get rid of him for a new term and basically undermine our democra

players, the billionaire industrialist charles koch and david coke. a conversation with charles koch late last year. he indicated he did not like what he was seeing in the primaries. he was perhaps going to sit this out. there will be here is my general election matter what. host: georgia, line for republicans, good morning. i started paying taxes in 1972 as he young boy working in a grocery store. andmember doing my taxes giving one dollar to the presidential election fund and was excited to be able to help our country with my one dollar. i did that for 35 years. as i started finding out that people give millions of dollars to get their candidates to do what they want, i quit giving my money. i thought the public fund was a great way to go because when i i wasy dollar, disappointed in my country because they allow a great amount of money to go to these people and it does not seem to be regulated. at the end, it disappears and there should be a restructuring of that to make it more fair. i am voting for donald trump this year. politicianis not a and i

his brother william not charles, this maybe slightly more prominent of the koch brothers these days. david, in fact, up until a few years, the record-holder at mit and at the right you have a much more dynamic photo, that's jeff and john in the background, two senators and people tell me that he's probably the best player in the senate. for whatever that's worth. one of my favorite pictures, captured this at one of sasha obama's youthly games. that's president's personal aid during his first term on the left. obama start today play less and less basketball toward the end of the first term and jumped into this. had a little bit more role as a dad and a coach with sasha who is more into basketball than malia was. he got religion on women's sports and basketball. he only filled out amen's bracket and he got a lot of push on that. women aids felt that with all this pickup male bonding, defacto excluded from some of the decision making that was going on and obama starting in his second march, filled out both male and female tournament brackets and i think getting involved with coaching sasha ma

during the republicans on the left you will perhaps recognize two of the koch brothers. that is david cÔte, number 24 and his brother william, not charles, maybe slightly more prominent these days. up until a few years ago, the single-game scoring record at m.i.t. and on the right you have a much more dynamic photo. that is just like a job doing in the back round, two senators and people tell me that john did is probably the best player in the senate. for whatever that is worth. one of my favorite lectures. -- pictures. that is the president's personal aide during his first term on the left. obama started to play less and less basketball towards the end of the first term and jumped into this, how a little more of a role as a dad and a coach with sasha who was more into basketball dan malia was. this is also a dramatic a little bit of how he got religion on sports and women's basketball. when he saw that his first tournament he only sold at a men's bracket and got a lot of pushback on that. there is a lot of talk in the first turn from women who felt that thought this pic of male bondi

players, the billionaire industrialist charles koch and david coke. conversation with charles koch late last year. he indicated he did not like what he was seeing in the primaries. he was perhaps going to sit this out. there will be here is my general election matter what. host: georgia, line for republicans, good morning. i started paying taxes in 1972 as he young boy working in a grocery store. andmember doing my taxes giving one dollar to the presidential election fund and was excited to be able to help our country with my one dollar. i did that for 35 years. as i started finding out that people give millions of dollars to get their candidates to do what they want, i quit giving my money. i thought the public fund was a great way to go because when i i wasy dollar, disappointed in my country because they allow a great amount of money to go to these people and it does not seem to be regulated. at the end, it disappears and there should be a restructuring of that to make it more fair. i am voting for donald trump this year. politicianis not a and i be

beam to koch, dinkins, giuliani and bill de blasio and figured out how to get rich in every administration. >> very true. >> i'm not being nice. it's the truth. >> i got along great with david dinkins. he is a nice man. i got my big job approved with him. on the west side. everyone said you'll never get that approved. you'll never be able to do it. tens of thousands of people protesting when i proposed the job because i was going to block everybody's views. it was a massive job. everybody said you'll never get it approved. i got the land inexpensively because everybody said i couldn't get it zoned. i got it zoned for much more than anyone thought possible. >> my point is he didn't get it done in omaha. he go tt it done here. this is the toughest place. i am surprised here we are six months into the campaign and nobody has written this story. >> donald, instinctively, and you are a candidate of instinct, what is your instinct about who right now on the democratic side of the aisle, who would you be able to deal with to cut any kind of a deal? what's your instinct on that? >> i think i'm going to be able to get along with pelosi. i have always had a great relation ship with n

david rock eller. on the top ofple the council on foreign relations. they all went to the same club. and democratic national committees, the parties, are no longer really the establishment. the koch brothers will spend more in this election, close to $1 billion in the republican party. there is a fracturing and in that comes the ability for the internet to lift of a candidate like bernie anderson and social media played a very important role in its fundraising and shows the hour to get around the gate keepers and small donation fundraising and bring people to his rallies. the organizing needed for presidential campaign can also be done through the internet here one thing is the enormous amount of money so going to what i would call the media complex, the advertisements on tv. tv are keeping alive a lot of local media around the country, which is kind of that. i don't know. what we saw last night in iowa and what we have seen with the democratic debates, a race to the top on economic populist issues, i would submit largely because bernie sanders has really driven the agenda and pushed issues like climate change and inequality onto the radar in ways you might not have otherwise bee

david rock eller. on the top ofple the council on foreign relations. they all went to the same club. and democratic national committees, the parties, are no longer really the establishment. the koch brothers will spend more in this election, close to $1 billion in the republican party. there is a fracturing and in that comes the ability for the internet to lift of a candidate like bernie anderson and social media played a very important role in its fundraising and shows the hour to get around the gate keepers and small donation fundraising and bring people to his rallies. the organizing needed for presidential campaign can also be done through the internet here one thing is the enormous amount of money so going to what i would call the media complex, the advertisements on tv. tv are keeping alive a lot of local media around the country, which is kind of that. i don't know. what we saw last night in iowa and what we have seen with the democratic debates, a race to the top on economic populist issues, i would submit largely because bernie sanders has really driven the agenda and pushed issues like climate change and inequality onto the radar in ways you might not have otherwise bee